DIY Cold-pressed Juice

January 5, 2018

Can you believe that it’s already January 4th? Time flies when you’re having fun I guess! We want to extend genuine happy holidays from our family to yours and we hope you are now feeling a bit more recovered from all of the festivities over the last week!

We also are super pumped to introduce a brand new addition to our blog that will be dropping TODAY!

Each and every month on the first Friday of the month we will be giving you simple, delicious and fun to make vegan recipes! Say what?!? Both my mom and I have been vegan for six months and as new vegans, we found the biggest challenge was finding recipes that were simple to make without having to buy a billion ingredients. A bit of an exaggeration but you get the picture.

So we thought we’d put my minds together and give to you simple, easy, fun and delicious recipes you can make for your family! Whether you are jumping on the vegan train, looking to spice up your meals or wanting to try something new, we hope you stick around and enjoy this segment of our blog because we’ve got something for everybody!

And in the spirit of New Year’s resolutions to get healthier and get rid of some of that after holiday sluggish feeling, we are bringing you a healthy, make you wanna run around the block, take a selfie green juice!

Now you know those gorgeous green juices in the stores that make you feel like you are the epitome of health, they’re at a minimum $5…uh no. I don’t know about you but I’d rather not pay that much for some green stuff. So, I decided to make my very own for less than $2.50 per serving! And no, you don’t need a fancy gadget that costs you an arm and a leg and takes forever to clean.

As always, I’ve given you a break down of the written instructions and ingredients as well as step-by-step pictures! Not only is this juice recipe simple but the clean up is even easier! Let’s get started!

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Simple Green Juice Recipe *of course, you can add, subtract any ingredient you want depending on allergies, taste, etc. but this is my personal favorite juice!*:

Half a lemon

one apple

two-three cups of spinach

two-three cups of romaine lettuce or kale

1/2 cup of water

Kitchen gadgets that make this easy:

Ninja Professional Blender (BL610) >>high-speed blender or whatever you have on hand- I personally use a Ninja and LOVE IT!! I’ve had it for years and use it for everything!

Directions: we’re keeping this simple, easy and enjoyable!

Cut up your lemon and apples, this helps with the blending process so you don’t have to blend forever!

Add spinach, lettuce, apples, and water to the blender.

Squeeze your lemon into the blender using either your hands or the lemon squeezer. The lemon is imperative to the taste of this green juice!

Blend it all up and make sure there are no chunks left in the blender.

Grab your bowl and place the nut milk bag in the bottom of the bowl with it open as wide as possible. Pour the juice from the blender into the bag.

Squeeze the nut milk bag to get all the juice out. You will be left with a pulp at the bottom of the bag which you can use to compost, put in your garden, give to other animals or even make another recipe with! *To clean the nut milk bag, turn it inside out and wash with warm water. That’s it! So simple!*

Use a funnel to pour the pressed juice into the cup of choice and enjoy!

That’s it and now you have a delicious, simple and healthy pressed juice that you can make time and time again! And if you’re anything like me, you don’t really like veggies, but I know I needed to find a way to get them in, so this juice is perfect to get in some much-needed vitamins as well as make you feel like a green juice goddess!

If you make this recipe let us know! And don’t forget to share it with your friends and family! What’s one of your biggest goals for the new year? Let us know below!

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We make green smoothies every morning, but I never thought about doing juice instead. I’m going to have to try this! Our lemon tree is full of ripe lemons right now and I’ve been trying to think of things to make with them.

Some of them can taste a bit more earthy than others depending on which veggies and fruits you use but I love this one! The lemons seem to tame the spinach taste and the apples are delicious and sweet! We hope you enjoy this recipe!